(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will compile a list of the most famous couples from love stories throughout history.
Provide paper and pen. Also, create a slide show listing one couple per slide from the list below.
Divide students into groups of four or five and give each group a sheet of paper and a pen. Instruct groups to work together to list as many of the most famous couples from love stories throughout history, literature, and movies possible. Point out that “Romeo and Juliet” would be one example. After two or three minutes, explain that you’ve compiled a list of many of these couples. As you display the slides naming each of the couples listed below, encourage groups to circle their matching responses:
Check to see which groups had the most correct matches. Then, ask:
Emphasize that Mary and Joseph are particularly important because God used them to bring His most extravagant gift of love, through the birth of His Son, to us.